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Budget Talk
The PCIJ talked to regular people on the street and asked them about their knowledge about the government’s budget processes. Question 1: Saan nanggagaling ang pera ng gobyerno…
By Karol Ilagan·October 20, 2010
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The laggard is leader, too
IN A FIELD of restored and restricted democracies, and repressive regimes, the Philippines’ so-so score in the 2010 Open Budget Survey is cause enough to celebrate. One of…
By Karol Ilagan·October 19, 2010
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RP scores so-so in survey of budget transparency
TRANSPARENCY in government is a cornerstone policy that President Benigno C. Aquino III has promised to uphold. It has been put in doubt because of his perceived reluctance to…
By Karol Ilagan·October 19, 2010
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Disparities, errors of fact
FACTUAL disparities, possibly errors, litter the various documents and media reports on the criminal and two administrative cases that were filed against Police Senior Inspector…
By Malou Mangahas·October 14, 2010
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Broken police, broken legal system broke hostage-taker?
IT ALL started late night of April 9, 2008 when Christian M. Kalaw was arrested by the police for alleged illegal parking and driving without license in Manila. Two years and four…
By Malou Mangahas·October 14, 2010
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IIRC blames Ombudsman, hints at extortion attempt
When the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC) on the August 23 Quirino Grandstand hostage incident finally uses the word “extort,” it almost seems like an…
By Ed Lingao·October 13, 2010
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From Day 1, P-Noy wanted to save Lim, Puno, Verzosa
ON THE day he received the 82-page report of the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC) about the Rizal Park Hostage-taking Incident – and without even a full reading…
By Malou Mangahas·October 12, 2010
